Marie-Soleil Frère
Marie-Soleil Frère was a Belgian journalism and media researcher. An expert on the media in Francophone Africa, she was remembered in one obituary as a "gifted academic giant".
Life
Frère was born in Canada. She gained her degree from the Université libre de Bruxelles and became maître-assistant at the University of Ouagadougou.At the time of her death Frère was Senior Research Associate at the National Fund for Scientific Research in Belgium and Professor at the Université libre de Brussels.
She died on 19 March 2021.